Yesterday was the Shrine Ceremonial and I'm hoping several Chapters take notice of what is proving successful. (And as an added plus many of the members coming in are younger) Last year we recognized the York Rite and brought in several members (along with reinstating several) solely because we named the class after a specific group to recognize them. We did the same with the Scottish Rite and also in honor of two prominent deceased members. We met with the same success in each of these cases, again with people joining and specifically mentioning they joined due to what/who the class was named. Likewise this year we did a legacy push (to honor family members joining) and yesterday 3/4 of the class were legacy members. It is working. In addition, we actively went to the Grand Masters One Day Class with an assembled team of around 40 working on retention, restoration, and renewal. (Sound familiar!) IT WORKS as the first positive growth in membership in over 20 years last year and 68 in our first class this year (and we are well on our way to repeat the positive growth again this year with lots of younger members in the mix).
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